{"id":80109,"date":"2019-10-03T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=80109"},"modified":"2019-10-02T19:44:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T00:44:16","slug":"paul-tough-signs-his-new-book-the-years-that-matter-most-on-wednesday-october-9-at-off-square-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/paul-tough-signs-his-new-book-the-years-that-matter-most-on-wednesday-october-9-at-off-square-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Tough Signs His New Book “The Years That Matter Most” on Wednesday, October 9 at Off Square Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The best-selling author of How Children Succeed<\/em> returns with a devastatingly powerful, mind-changing inquiry into higher education in the United States<\/strong>

Does college still work? Is the system designed just to protect the privileged and leave everyone else behind? Or can a college education today provide real opportunity to young Americans seeking to improve their station in life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Years That Matter Most<\/em>\u00a0tells the stories of students trying to find their way, with hope, joy, and frustration, through the application process and into college. Drawing on new research, the book reveals how the landscape of higher education has shifted in recent decades and exposes the hidden truths of how the system works and whom it works for. And it introduces us to the people who really make higher education go: admissions directors trying to balance the class and balance the budget, College Board officials scrambling to defend the SAT in the face of mounting evidence that it favors the wealthy, researchers working to unlock the mysteries of the college-student brain, and educators trying to transform potential dropouts into successful graduates.

With insight, humor, and passion, Paul Tough<\/strong> takes readers on a journey from Ivy League seminar rooms to community college welding shops, from giant public flagship universities to tiny experimental storefront colleges. Whether you are facing your own decision about college or simply care about the American promise of social mobility,\u00a0The Years That Matter Most<\/em>\u00a0will change the way you think\u2014not just about higher education, but about the nation itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author<\/strong>
Paul Tough is the author of\u00a0Helping Children Succeed\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0How Children Succeed<\/em>, which spent more than a year on the\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and was translated into twenty-eight\u00a0languages. He is also the author of\u00a0Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada\u2019s Quest to Change Harlem and America<\/em>.He is a contributing writer to the\u00a0New York Times Magazine<\/em>\u00a0and a regular contributor to the public-radio program\u00a0This American Life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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